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06/23/2026

The things I forgot...
Jack bit me and broke skin, Bob bit the same finger and caused me a lot of pain (don't ask). After the pigs were put back, I started weeding around the outside of the fence, grabbed a stinging nettle, yes grabbed it and pulled (I said don't ask about Bob biting me), today rubbed my arm up against stinging nettle, it would appear I'm into pain. FINE I'll tell you about Bob, gee wiz people.
Bob yawned and I stuck my finger in his mouth to bug him and he bit me.

I haven't posted in 3 days and for good reason. In those 3 days I've been stomped by a goat, head butted in the arm, leg...
06/23/2026

I haven't posted in 3 days and for good reason.
In those 3 days I've been stomped by a goat, head butted in the arm, leg and butt by a goat, crapped on by a goat TWICE and attacked by my rooster!
So I'm busy milking the goats and I hear my boys (goats and my black sheep) going crazy. I'm thinking, they know I'm in here and want me to feed them more. I finish and head up to the house to take the milk turn the corner and bam, two pigs hanging out by the house. Well ok then it's going to be that kind of day is it. I call them and damn if they don't start following me, Laurie for the win! We go to pass the goats and again they lose their s**t, sending Lacey racing past me, her fat ass jiggling as she goes and Cagney stops to say hi, well isn't that just fantastic they're separated now. Check pocket and YES I have my phone again Laurie for the win! I call Bob "Hey pigs are loose, come help me", I went to find a rope, found bailing twine, it'll work. Now I've lost the pigs, its ok Bob found them, they are laying in puddles in the driveway, I never thought I'd be so happy it rained for 3 days and flooded the driveway, but of course they're the farthest they can be from their pen. Seeing as Lacey is the leader and of course she's the biggest pig, I put the twine under her front legs and start pulling and pulling and PULLING and she is squealing and SSQQQUUUEEAALLLINNNGGGGG!!!! SO FREAKING LOUD! OMG GIRL SHUT UP! But it's working, Bob is walking behind Cagney and keeping her coming in the right direction, so nice for him that she's the good one. We get to the pen I PPPPUUUULLLL Lacey in and Cagney goes "nope" and thinks she might try to turn around, this is where I was so glad I'd called Bob he's standing there with a big piece of roofing and is blocking her from turning around. We finally got her in, she wasn't too much trouble but she instantly started trying to get back out where she'd gotten out in the first place. So Bob has spent the last 2 days working on the new pig pen. Today we hopefully will get it all up and them in it. Hopefully, maybe. Probably not, but the hot wire is again working in their pen and you can tell by all the squeals as they look for a new spot to escape from.
Pics of pregnant goats because without them I might totally lose my mind. LoL (still not sure if Thelma is pregnant, added pics of each girl from June 6th and second pic will be from the June 22. Remember Lunch on the left Rugrat on the right.

LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!Little Miss Ethel has 13 days until her due date (July 3rd). HOWEVER she can go anywhere betwe...
06/20/2026

LET THE COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!
Little Miss Ethel has 13 days until her due date (July 3rd).
HOWEVER she can go anywhere between the 28th and the 8th.
Today she was a little off, acting a little odd and then when I went to check on her, she went and hid, so not like her, she's my affectionate girl. So I'd say we're getting close.
Time to do the last minute prep and be ready for kids.
Lets take bets on when she will kid! I bet they'll come right on the 3rd.

06/18/2026

Guess who's jealous

Life with Spot... I could just tell the story of how one very jealous Spot decided that he was not going to be ignored. ...
06/18/2026

Life with Spot...
I could just tell the story of how one very jealous Spot decided that he was not going to be ignored. I could write it in a way that would leave you in tears gasping for air. Instead I though I would just share the pictures.
I have titled them all

06/17/2026

Envision if you will, me on my hands and knees pretending to drink water from the big red bowl and pretending to eat hay, while handing some to jack. Yes I did, I pretended to be a goat to get my buckling to eat and drink
He is eating hay and drinking water on his own now. I am bottle feeding and will be for a few days at least. He did eat 2 pieces of feed this morning but that's all he'd take. We will get there.

06/16/2026

There are good days on a hobby farm, there are bad days on a hobby farm and then there are days where you are just fighting to make sure everyone is ok.
Today is a fighting day, our newest addition is not doing so well, we were told he was weaned but sadly he is not, not at all actually, he didn't eat anything last night.
When I went out this morning to feed everyone, he still wouldn't eat or drink anything so after milking Thelma and Louise I took some of their milk and fed him. He ate maybe an ounce and then stopped, he has horrid diarrhea (that's from the stress of a new home), I've since given him another 1/2 an ounce of milk and about 4 ounces of water plus vitamins. I will continue to force water and milk into him and hopefully he starts to figure out how to eat feed and hay from his new brothers.
It's going to be a long week with Jack, but we got this and he will be fine.

06/15/2026

Jack Sparrow, the newest addition to Brooke's Acres

The hills are alive with the sounds of...MAH! MAH! MAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!Little Miss Buffy is now going to be Little Miss Chai...
06/14/2026

The hills are alive with the sounds of...
MAH! MAH! MAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Little Miss Buffy is now going to be Little Miss Chai, she has a new home with a really great friend just down the road from us, before she goes she is getting better socialized (she's a total momma's girl) and needs to be completely weaned from her mother (she's now 6-1/2 months, way to old to still be nursing).
In order to do all of that, I've had to separate them. So Thelma and Chai's Mom Louise are in a different area and Chai is with Lucy and Ethel.
So ya MAHHHHHH is the song today while Louise and Chai learn to live close but apart.

My favorite baby picture of her

06/13/2026

If you're having a bad morning ask yourself...
Did pigs bite your ankles as you walked to their feed trough because according to them you don't move fast enough and might need incentive to get the job done faster?
Did you side kick a skid while letting the goats out because one of them head butt the door smacking you with it causing you to wack your foot off a skid because you weren't letting them out fast enough to feed them and they thought you might need more of an incentive to get the job done faster?
Did you get jumped on almost knocked over and your hand bit knocking food all over the place, half missing the feed bowl because again your too damn slow according to the boys (specifically Spot the buckling) and you absolutely need a reminder to pick up the damn pace lady WE ARE HUNGRY!
No? Ok well than tell me
How's your morning looking now?

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